Whois integration issues

[mkrasowski]

The problem

The Whois integration doesn't report correct data for some TLDs. Some examples below. This list is definitely not complete.

Invalid/missing attributes for .pl domains (example: hl7.pl):

• missing expiration date
• missing last update date

Invalid attributes for .us domains (example: test.us):

• missing owner
• invalid registrant

Invalid attributes for .me domains (example: test.me)

• missing last update date

What version of Home Assistant Core has the issue?

core-2024.5.4

What was the last working version of Home Assistant Core?

No response

What type of installation are you running?

Home Assistant OS

Integration causing the issue

whois

Link to integration documentation on our website

https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/whois/

Diagnostics information

config_entry-whois-001b27fcc94aeeb3cea58274b6a57b68.json

Example YAML snippet

No response

Anything in the logs that might be useful for us?

No response

Additional information

The python library HA is using for whois queries has became unsupported
https://pypi.org/project/whois/#description

The recommended replacement is whoisdomain, which has a reported memory leak - mboot-github/WhoisDomain#30, which probably disqualifies it from being used in a long-running application like Home Assistant.

Using an alternative library is discussed in #117749.

[home-assistant]

Hey there @frenck, mind taking a look at this issue as it has been labeled with an integration (whois) you are listed as a code owner for? Thanks!

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[Misiu]

Sadly, the current library (https://github.com/mboot-github/python-whois) is archived and probably the issues with pl domains won't get fixed.
I think that moving to a new library is the way to go 👍

[Misiu]

@mkrasowski do you have a custom integration I could try/use?
The current version doesn't work with Polish domains.
Until this gets fixed I'd like to use a working alternative.

EDIT: I just tested https://github.com/richardpenman/whois and it works with my domains